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Paula A. Balestrini

King's College LondonORCID 0000-0002-9351-1226Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Developmental BiologyJournal of Cell SciencePeer-reviewedAug 22, 2025

WNT-mediating TCF/LEF transcription factor gene expression in early human pluripotency and cell lineages differs from the rodent paradigm

Connor Ross, Paula A. Balestrini, Lawrence E. Bates…·Stefan Hoppler

The paper compares WNT/{beta}-catenin signalling and TCF/LEF gene expression in human and mouse pluripotent stem cells, revealing species-specific differences in early development.

5 citations

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Developmental BiologyDevelopmentPeer-reviewedSep 1, 2024

Transcription factor-based transdifferentiation of human embryonic to trophoblast stem cells

Paula A. Balestrini, Ahmed Abdelbaki, Afshan McCarthy…·Norah M. E. Fogarty

The paper identifies transcription factors that can convert human embryonic stem cells into trophoblast stem cells, revealing their role in early placental development.

11 citations

humanbulk RNA-seq

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